It's all about presentation

 The following websites are extraordinary tools where students and staff can create. Often, students are given book reports, group poster presentations, or model building as a way to show what they learned.  I think that the following web tools are another extension for students to showcase their knowledge.  The following tools can help differentiate the way students show what they have learned.

Animoto.com -  Animoto is an example of a wonderful presentation web2.0 software. Students can upload their pictures and put in text to tell a story in pictures.  Animoto is  a pay site but offers free access through  an application process for educators (I was instantly approved when I tried it out).  Animoto could be effectively used for students with disabilities or with visual learners. Teachers could focus on teaching sequencing or telling digital stories.

Glogster.com -  Glogster allows students to create "posters"  of their work. Glogster is a terrific tool to differnentiate in the classroom. Students can create presentations that are auditory, visual, include text, and can hyperlink to other places in the web. The following video from teache rtube shows how to use glogster.


http://www.techsmith.com/jing/ -    Jing is a screen capture web2.0 tool where one can take a photo capture of a screen or film a short video with your screen. I've used the screen filming piece to record a short video for teachers showing them how to access IEP's on our school operating system (campus)